I wasn't born to be a fighter. The causes I have fought for have invariably been causes that should have been gained by a delicate suggestion. Since they never were, I made myself into a fighter.
Source: My Thirty Years' War, ch. 4, 1930.
-- Margaret Anderson, (Nov 24 1886-1973), US editor; She founded and edited the literary magazine The Little Review which published avant-garde writers, 1914-29.